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“God is with us”: Peruvian MBs help neighbours amid loss
Bogotá, Colombia – It seems a providential convergence that Mennonite World Conference’s Andean regional representative Pablo Stucky had planned to visit Peru in early April. His previously scheduled meetings with church leaders came shortly after rains inundated the desert region occupied by the MB churches, killing some 100 people and leaving at least 100,000 homes…
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Children of light
Some of us remember that the term “Anabaptist” was first of all an insult. This word, literally meaning “rebaptizers,” belonged to the arsenal of other insults hurled at our ancestors. Not by pagans or Muslims, but by other Christians in Europe. They called us enthusiasts, heretics, seditionists and blasphemers. Our forebears were able to give…
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Connections with Colombian church and excitement about 2015 Assembly mark meetings
Soacha, Colombia – Tears flowed freely as a Mennonite World Conference delegation of international visitors exchanged stories and blessings with members of Iglesia Menonita de la resurrección (Mennonite Church of the Resurrection) in Soacha, Colombia on 18 May 2014. The delegation, with persons from around 18 countries, was enroute to Bogotá from a Catholic retreat…
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Being a Peace Church: How are we doing?
We estimate that there are 9,500 congregations throughout the world that are part of the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) family. These congregations are found in every continent and in every imaginable context. This means that there are, potentially, thousands of active communities of the peace of Christ functioning in many contexts in need of reconciliation.…
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200,000 newly displaced by conflict in eastern Congo
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Rukimba Furaha fled her home and fields in the village of Kabuya in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), out of fear for the safety of her eight children. Her husband had left home several days earlier to avoid being forcibly recruited into…
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Honduran pastor murdered; church asks for prayer
On Sunday, January 22, Rafael Erasmo Arevalo, a Mennonite pastor in Honduras, was attacked and killed after leading an evening worship service. Arevalo, from Santa Rosa de Copán, drove about 20 kilometres north to Veracruz, where he had led worship services for the past 10 years. According to a report in a Honduran newspaper, La…
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MWC General Council sets stage to deepen global relations and strengthen Anabaptist identity
Bettingen, Switzerland—Swiss Mennonite historian Hanspeter Jecker stood on the bank of the Limmat River in Zurich, Switzerland, near the site where Anabaptist martyr Felix Manz was drowned. He was speaking passionately to a group of international church leaders about the 16th century drowning. Suddenly from the group came an outburst from Joly Birakara Ilowa from…
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General Council
MWC’s member churches and conferences each send one to three delegates (based on the population of the church or conference) to General Council meetings. This group of church leaders meets every three years to shape the mandate of MWC, share concerns and insights, and worship together. Mennonite World Conference: Adopted by the General Council, 14 July…
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Anabaptist Women Theologians
The term “Anabaptist Women Theologians” describes a growing network of initiatives, each with unique goals and objectives, but all inspired to empower women in their contexts, in part, by encouraging leadership training for women in the church. The initiatives so far include: (From a report by Mennonite Women USA, June 2012) Prayer Liturgy 2022 for…
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Global Church Sharing Fund
The Jubilee account of the Global Church Sharing Fund Inspired by the biblical teaching of “Jubilee” (in Leviticus 25, for example), Mennonite World Conference set up the Global Church Sharing Fund. The aim is to put into action the Apostle Paul’s words to the Corinthians: “There is no question of relieving others at the cost of…
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What we do
What are the projects of the YABs Committee? Our projects have to do with the needs of young people in the different continents that we represent.
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Commissions
The four Mennonite World Conference (MWC) commissions represent MWC at work between and beyond the global assemblies, which are held every six years. The commissions have been described as the four chambers of one heart, which seeks to link the global community of Anabaptist-related churches for fellowship, worship, service and witness. Each of the commissions is…
